The Geological Survey's Work on Development of Prospecting Tools, Instruments, and Techniques (open access)

The Geological Survey's Work on Development of Prospecting Tools, Instruments, and Techniques

Report discussing the U.S. Geological Survey's efforts to develop "equipment and techniques for rapid field measurement of radioactivity, principally portable survey counters, carborne and airborne equipment, and gamma-ray logging equipment."
Date: May 1952
Creator: Stead, Frank W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Gold Pan as a Quantitative Tool (open access)

The Gold Pan as a Quantitative Tool

Report discussing a quantitative study on the gold pan's use as an accurate, quantitative geological tool.
Date: May 1956
Creator: Theobald, Paul K., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trace Elements Reconnaissance Along Highways in the Tanana and Upper Copper River Valleys, Alaska (open access)

Trace Elements Reconnaissance Along Highways in the Tanana and Upper Copper River Valleys, Alaska

Report discussing the U.S. Geological Survey's investigation of radioactive trace elements along the highways in Tanana and upper Copper River valleys.
Date: May 1947
Creator: Wedow, Helmuth, Jr. & Matzko, John J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Equation of Continuity in Geology With Applications to the Transport of Radioactive Gas (open access)

The Equation of Continuity in Geology With Applications to the Transport of Radioactive Gas

From abstract: "The transport of matter by fluids percolating through a porous medium is described by setting up a mass conservation equation, analogous to that of hydrodynamics, for each of the substances in question... The results are applied to some selected data from the Texas Panhandle gas field."
Date: May 1956
Creator: Sakakura, A. Y.; Lindberg, Carolyn & Faul, Henry
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reconnaissance Search in Parts of Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, Virginia, and Ohio for Areas Where Uraniferous Black Shale May Be Mined by Stripping (open access)

Reconnaissance Search in Parts of Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, Virginia, and Ohio for Areas Where Uraniferous Black Shale May Be Mined by Stripping

Report discussing the U.S. Geological Survey's investigation aimed at finding a location with an abundance of black shale, and determining the amount of uranium in the shale.
Date: May 1951
Creator: Robeck, Raymond C. & Conant, Louis C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mineralogical Applications of Electron Diffraction (open access)

Mineralogical Applications of Electron Diffraction

The following report describes a method of obtaining precise unit-cell data from oriented electron diffraction powder patterns.
Date: May 1958
Creator: Ross, Malcolm
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geology of the USGS and Rainier Tunnel Areas, Nevada Test Site (open access)

Geology of the USGS and Rainier Tunnel Areas, Nevada Test Site

The following report covers geological studies on the USGS and Rainier tunnel areas in the Nevada Test Site.
Date: May 1957
Creator: Hansen, Wallace R. & Lemke, Richard W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Uranium-Bearing Copper Deposits in the Coyote District, Mora County, New Mexico (open access)

Uranium-Bearing Copper Deposits in the Coyote District, Mora County, New Mexico

Report discussing the geological details of uranium-bearing copper deposits in the Sangre de Cristo formation, located south of Coyote, Mora County, New Mexico.
Date: May 1953
Creator: Zeller, Howard D. & Baltz, Elmer H., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Mineral Composition of Gummite (open access)

The Mineral Composition of Gummite

Report discussing the mineral composition and other properties of gummite or "fine-grained yellow to orange-red alteration products of uraninite whose true identity is unknown." Sections include the history and nomenclature of gummite, chemical analyses of gummite, sequential alteration of gummite, and description of minerals in gummite.
Date: May 1955
Creator: Frondel, Clifford
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Occurrence of Xenon (open access)

The Occurrence of Xenon

This report is the second in the series of reports carried by the Geological Survey on rare or uncommon elements and their possible sources. The report discusses xenon, an element belonging in a group of elements known as the inert gases, characterized by its lack of reactivity.
Date: May 1945
Creator: Fleischer, Michael
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Areal Geology of the Placerville Quadrangle, Colorado (open access)

Areal Geology of the Placerville Quadrangle, Colorado

Report discussing the regional geology, geomorphology, structure, mineral deposits, and details of the sedimentary and igneous rocks of the Placerville Quadrangle in Colorado.
Date: May 1956
Creator: Bush, Alfred Lerner; Bromfield, C. S. & Pierson, C. T.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Thermodynamic Equilibria of Vanadium in Aqueous Systems as Applied to the Interpretation of the Colorado Plateau Ore Deposits (open access)

Thermodynamic Equilibria of Vanadium in Aqueous Systems as Applied to the Interpretation of the Colorado Plateau Ore Deposits

The following report describes studies of thermodynamic equilibria of vanadium in aqueous systems as applied to the interpretation of the Colorado Plateau ore deposits.
Date: May 13, 1958
Creator: Evans, Howard T., Jr. & Garrels, Robert M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Exploration for Uranium Deposits in the Atkinson Mesa Area, Montrose County, Colorado (open access)

Exploration for Uranium Deposits in the Atkinson Mesa Area, Montrose County, Colorado

A report about how the U. S. Geological Survey explored the Atkinson Mesa area for uranium and vanadium bearing deposits from July 2, 1951, to June 18, 1953, with 397 diamond drill holes that totaled 261,251 feet.
Date: May 1954
Creator: Brew, D. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Uranium Resources of the Cedar Mountain Area, Emery County, Utah: a Regional Synthesis (open access)

Uranium Resources of the Cedar Mountain Area, Emery County, Utah: a Regional Synthesis

From Abstract: "This report presents the results of field reconnaissance and office study of available data pertaining to the Cedar Mountains area, Emery County, Utah, and is part of a series of reports synthesizing the geologic relations of uranium deposits in all formations on the Colorado Plateau."
Date: May 1957
Creator: Johnson, Henry S., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Age of the Boulder Batholith and Other Batholiths of Western Montana (open access)

Age of the Boulder Batholith and Other Batholiths of Western Montana

Report presenting new data on the age of the Boulder, Philipsburg, and Idaho batholiths of western Montana.
Date: May 1954
Creator: Chapman, Randolph W.; Gottfried, David & Waring, Claude L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trace Elements Reconnaissance on the South Fork of Quartz Creek, Northeastern Seward Peninsula, Alaska (open access)

Trace Elements Reconnaissance on the South Fork of Quartz Creek, Northeastern Seward Peninsula, Alaska

Abstract: "Two uranium-bearing minerals, uranothorianite and thorite(?), were found in the stream gravels of the main branch of the South Fork of Quartz Creek, a tributary of the Kiwalik River. Although the bedrock source of the minerals was not located, the radioactive material was traced in slope wash well above the stream gravel. A detailed investigation of the area with more sensitive counters might reveal the source of the minerals and localities where the minerals are sufficiently concentrated to be minable."
Date: May 1950
Creator: Killeen, P. L. & White, M. G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Studies of Coalified Wood Associated with Uranium on the Colorado Plateau (open access)

Preliminary Studies of Coalified Wood Associated with Uranium on the Colorado Plateau

The following report summarizes studies carried out to see what the nature is of the coalified plant debris, uraniferous and nonuraniferous, that occurs in the Colorado Plateu, and if any relationships can be recognized between uranium and other elements of or associated with the coalified plant debris.
Date: May 1956
Creator: Breger, Irving A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Colorimetric Determination of Total Iron With O-Phenanthroline (open access)

The Colorimetric Determination of Total Iron With O-Phenanthroline

From Abstract: "A study of the critical factors in the colorimetric determination of total iron in silicate and phosphate rocks, and in other nonmetallic materials is presented. It was desired to ascertain the wavelength of maximum absorbancy, the optimum concentration range for iron, the effect of different substances on the ferrous-o-phenanthroline system, and reproducibility of results."
Date: May 1952
Creator: Cuttitta, Frank
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geologic Aspects of the Resource Appraisal of Uranium Deposits in Pre-Morrison Formations of the Colorado Plateau (open access)

Geologic Aspects of the Resource Appraisal of Uranium Deposits in Pre-Morrison Formations of the Colorado Plateau

The following report covers a reconnaissance resource appraisal in pre-Morrison formations, particularly the Shinarump conglomerate, on the Colorado Plateu and adjoining regions during December of 1951. This report is preliminary in nature and the ideas are presented as a hypothesis to be tested by future work.
Date: May 1953
Creator: Finch, W. I.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Physical Exploration for Uranium during 1951 in the Silver Reef District, Washington County, Utah (open access)

Physical Exploration for Uranium during 1951 in the Silver Reef District, Washington County, Utah

Report discussing drilling in the Silver Reef district, which was supervised by the U.S. Geological Survey and aimed at locating suitable areas for commercial development of uranium deposits.
Date: May 1953
Creator: Stugard, Frederick, Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Photometric Method for the Estimation of the Oil Yield of Oil Shale (open access)

A Photometric Method for the Estimation of the Oil Yield of Oil Shale

From abstract: "A method is presented for the distillation and photometric estimation of the oil yield of oil-bearing shales... The new method gives results similar to those obtained by the Fischer assay method in a much shorter time. The applicability of the new method to oil-bearing shale and phosphatic shale has been tested."
Date: May 1951
Creator: Cuttitta, Frank
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Report on Field Measurement of Radioactivity (open access)

Preliminary Report on Field Measurement of Radioactivity

The following report covers the process of field measurement of radioactivity with a limited screening process of activity equivalent to 0.005 percent of uranium in equilibrium with its disintegration products.
Date: May 1945
Creator: Stead, Frank W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Beryllium Deposits of the Mount Antero Region, Chaffee County, Colorado (open access)

Beryllium Deposits of the Mount Antero Region, Chaffee County, Colorado

Report discussing the possible existence of pegmatites containing beryllium deposits in the granite stock in the vicinity of Mount Antero and White Mountain, Chaffee County, Colorado.
Date: May 1951
Creator: Adams, John W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Report on Geology of the Phosphate Deposits in the Centennial Range, Montana - Idaho (open access)

Preliminary Report on Geology of the Phosphate Deposits in the Centennial Range, Montana - Idaho

Report discussing an investigation of the Centennial Range of Montana and Idaho, and the phosphate deposits of this area. Information on the geology of the area and deposits are given as well as information regarding the quality and location of phosphate deposits.
Date: May 1953
Creator: Honkala, Fred S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library